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What is it: 12.2-megapixel compact with dual touchscreens
What we think: Brilliant piece of design, but its pictures are pretty ordinary
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 5 October 2009
Tags: Samsung, Samsung ST550, compact camera, LCD display, haptic
We like:
Front-mounted LCD display has many uses; excellent 'haptic' interface; high-resolution display; high-definition movie mode
We don't like:
Mediocre lens quality; pictures suffer from too much smoothing of fine details
CNET UK judgement:
The Samsung ST550 is extremely clever in some respects, but pretty ordinary in terms of picture quality. As an exercise in interface design and an electronic plaything, it's just fantastic. It's the number of ideas and the way they've been integrated into the design that impresses
Full review:
Samsung's ST550 has received plenty of attention for being the first compact camera to have a second LCD display on the front. But this is only one of a number of highly innovative features that make this £250 snapper much more interesting than the average 12.2-megapixel compact. Continue Reading...
Samsung ST550 History
21 Aug 2009 in Crave
Video: Samsung ST500 and ST550 pout-cam hands-on
We got our hands on the Samsung ST500 and ST550, a pair of cameras with a hidden unique feature: an extra touchscreen -- on the front! We tried it out with our best MySpace pouts
13 Aug 2009 in Crave
Samsung ST500 and ST550: Screens front for maximum lolz
It's not often a gadget comes along that makes us actually lol, but the Samsung ST500 and ST550 -- with their MySpace-friendly self-portrait touchscreens -- made us rofl
3 Aug 2009 in Crave
I'd tap that: Samsung ST550 teasing touchscreen?
Samsung is teasing the forthcoming ST550 with a social media campaign based around the mysterious slogan "Tap it. Take it. Love it." But what can it mean?
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